{"id":2242990,"date":"2024-05-12T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-accuses-biden-of-imposing-a-de-facto-arms-embargo-against-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T16:03:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T20:03:33","slug":"cotton-accuses-biden-of-imposing-a-de-facto-arms-embargo-against-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-accuses-biden-of-imposing-a-de-facto-arms-embargo-against-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton alleges Biden&#8217;s &#8216;De Facto Arms Embargo&#8217; on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcotton-accuses-biden-of-imposing-a-de-facto-arms-embargo-against-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2242990&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Tom Cotton\u2063 accused President Biden of imposing a &#8220;de \u2064facto arms embargo&#8221; on Israel \u200dfollowing Biden&#8217;s statement regarding halting weapon supplies to Israel if a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-releases-first-hostage-video-family-begs-world-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Hamas shares initial hostage video, pleads for global intervention.\">major ground operation<\/a> is conducted in\u200d Rafah. Cotton&#8217;s criticism was voiced during interviews on CBS News and Face the Nation, highlighting concerns over potential implications \u200con \u200cIsrael&#8217;s\u2063 defense capabilities. Your summary is concise and effectively captures the key points of Senator Tom Cotton&#8217;s \u2063accusation against President\u2064 Biden regarding the \u200c&#8221;de facto arms embargo&#8221; on Israel.\u200b It highlights the context of Biden&#8217;s statement and Cotton&#8217;s concerns about its impact on Israel&#8217;s\u200b defense capabilities, as expressed in interviews on CBS\u200b News and \u2062Face the Nation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> has imposed a \u201cde facto arms embargo\u201d against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a>, Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tom-cotton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Cotton<\/a> (R-AR) said on Sunday, offering his latest reaction to the commander-in-chief suggesting the United States could halt weapons going to a close ally.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton, who has called for Biden to get impeached over the threat to Israel if it launches a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-accuses-biden-of-betrayal-hopes-israel-aid-threat-was-senior-moment\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson accuses Biden of betrayal over Israel aid threat, hopes it was just a 'senior moment.\">full-scale ground operation<\/a> in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, expounded on his criticism of the president during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/face-the-nation-full-transcript-05-12-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview on CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/08\/politics\/joe-biden-interview-cnntv\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN town hall<\/a> last week, Biden said he \u201cmade it clear\u201d to Israel that if it conducts a major ground operation in Rafah, \u201cwe\u2019re not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cotton argued that a supposed clarification by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who appeared on \u201cFace the Nation\u201d just before him and suggested that Biden\u2019s threat only applied to shipping <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-weapons-shipment-us-eed365ebef0477ba74bf9848cacae4f4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heavy bombs<\/a> to Israel, should be met with skepticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Tony Blinken says on this show cannot be credited when Joe Biden is out there imposing a de facto arms embargo on Israel at the same time he\u2019s letting arms embargoes on Iran expire,\u201d Cotton said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden has imposed a &#8220;de facto arms embargo on Israel,&#8221; GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenTomCotton<\/a> claims after the administration halted a shipment of large bombs to Israel over concerns of a possible invasion into Rafah. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yNgYyK2yq3\">pic.twitter.com\/yNgYyK2yq3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1789691442111140138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anchor Margaret Brennan pointed out that Biden had just signed off on a foreign aid package that provides $26 billion in emergency assistance to Israel and denied there is a weapons embargo or a block on intelligence-sharing with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton shot back, contending that Biden\u2019s position is \u201cde facto for Hamas victory at this point\u201d because Israel considers Rafah to be the group\u2019s last-remaining stronghold in the more than six months of fighting since Hamas committed a deadly terrorist attack on Israeli soil.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael\u2019s goal is to destroy Hamas, which committed the worst atrocity against Jews since World War II. Hamas\u2019s goal is to survive. If they do- if Israel does not go into Rafah and destroy Hamas in Rafah, Hamas will survive,\u201d Cotton said.<\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday, Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cotton-urges-house-to-impeach-biden-over-israel-weapons-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> on the House to impeach Biden in response to the president\u2019s foreign aid ultimatum the night before.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) told Fox News that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-gop-drafting-biden-impeachment-articles-israel-aid-cutoff-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preparing<\/a> articles of impeachment, saying, \u201cThe House has no choice but to impeach President \u2018Quid pro-Joe\u2019 Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mccaul-says-israels-rafah-invasion-is-last-step-to-destroy-hamas\">McCaul Says Israel\u2019s Rafah Invasion Is \u2018Last Step\u2019 To Destroy Hamas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) accuses President Biden of imposing a &#8220;de facto arms embargo&#8221; on Israel. Cotton&#8217;s criticism follows Biden&#8217;s suggestion that the U.S. could halt weapon supplies to the ally. Cotton has even called for Biden&#8217;s impeachment over the alleged threat to Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2242991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2151615529-e1715539726631.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2151615529-e1715539726631.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}